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Madhya Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1967

Surajpur

Winner — 1967

B. S. SINGH
INC· INC
INC 59.6%BJS 28.2%3 others 12.2%
Votes
16,625
59.6% share
Winning margin
8,749
31.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.9%
of 55,976

Surajpur is a safe seat — B. S. SINGH won by 31.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. S. SINGH
INC
16,62559.6%
2
D. NATH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
7,87628.2%
3
DAKHAL
2,1757.8%
4
AMBIKESHWAR
Praja Socialist Party
7042.5%
5
R. P. RAM
IND
5241.9%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (223rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.4% · min 0.2% · max 62.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
223rd of 230

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.73
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 230

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
50th of 230

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
296 seats · 149 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.6%BJS 28.2%RPI 7.8%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,65,106
Density
375 / km²
Sex ratio
931 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,314 km²
SC population16.2%
ST population13.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.6%
Electricity46.5%
Sanitation23.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated70.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.7%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.2%
Clean cooking fuel21.4%
Health insurance29.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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